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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 4204057, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;m not sure I agree. I like the old designs better in general, but I think that&#039;s at least partly because I was <i>trained</i> to think of them as more desirable, just because they were harder to find (in circulation).</p><p><br /></p><p>An &quot;average circulated&quot; (AG or so) Barber coin isn&#039;t pretty by any objective standard -- a featureless outline of Liberty, a flat eagle or wreath on the reverse, a mostly-missing rim. I was never terribly impressed with heavily-worn SLQs, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today&#039;s coins? I&#039;ve <i>almost never seen</i> an AG clad coin, even in photos. We simply don&#039;t work our change as hard as we used to; it&#039;s become irrelevant for daily use, because almost any shopping trip will cost you multiple dollars, and the only practical way to cover that in cash is with paper money.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is there about a current-year Jefferson nickel or Roosevelt dime or Washington quarter that makes them more undesirable after a few months&#039; circulation, compared to ones from the beginning of each series?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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